Hawaii · Nonprofit
OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE
OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,108,942 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($2,089,224). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $996k
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $306k
What Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge does
Mission
Oikonos studies and protects imperiled ecosystems by engaging diverse communities through innovative scientific and artistic collaborations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Protecting Threatened Species:Leading critical studies on threatened species and applying this knowledge to create lasting protections.
$321,119 spent44% of program spendingConservation Solutions:Designing and implementing on-the-ground conservation and climate solutions with local communities to reduce threats facing wildlife and ecosystems.
$303,186 spent42% of program spendingImproving Fisheries: Encouraging sustainable fishing practices by conducting social and biological research and facilitating dialogue about the impacts of overfishing on our communities and ocean wildlife.
$60,093 spent8% of program spendingOther:EDUCATION & TEACHER TRAININGCreating life-long advocates of nature and capacity for sustainable livelihoods through formal education resources and partnering with diverse stakeholders for transformational change.
$40,810 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $725,208.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $705k to $452k (−36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 64% · 2018 18% · 2019 8% · 2020 17% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 36% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $74k → $361k.
5 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 46% · 2021 59% · 2022 75% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $85k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE has grown faster than half of the 793 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $381k on record.
- Department of Commerce$381k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE?
- OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,108,942 to it, the largest being NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ($2,089,224). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $3,108,942 in grants to OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE?
- NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,089,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OIKONOS - ECOSYSTEM KNOWLEDGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 28 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing